EDITORIAL OBSERVATIONS. 
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Since the above was written, it has come to our know¬ 
ledge that, on the occasion of the last Meeting of Council, the 
members present kindly afforded Mrs. Fry temporary assist¬ 
ance. So far as we have been able to learn their names, 
they were, we believe, Messrs. Braby, A. Cherry, Dickens, 
Morton, Sewell, Simonds, and Withers: we cannot, however 
vouch for the accuracy of this list, having no time for appli¬ 
cation for greater correctness. 
MISCELLANEA. 
Clerkenwell. — Mr . Charles James Spooner , a professor 
and lecturer at the Veterinary College, Camden-town, was 
summoned for 8d., which was claimed by James Mead, for 
the hire of his cab. 
The case is a novel one, and of much public interest. 
The complainant said, that Mr. Spooner’s servant called 
him from a cab-rank to the residence of that gentleman, who, 
however, refused to have anything to do with him, and 
ordered him away with his horse and vehicle. He was en¬ 
titled, he said, to that amount for being drawn off his rank 
by defendant’s authorised agent. 
The defendant, in answer to the complainant, said, that the 
cab-horse was diseased in the hoofs and fetlocks, and totallv 
unfit for use at the time he first saw it. The poor animal 
was suffering the most excruciating agony, and unable to 
rest its feet in one position a second. For those reasons he 
declined to be conveyed by it, and would have richly de¬ 
served a prosecution for cruelty had he done so. 
The worthy magistrate said, the defendant had given a 
very justifiable and humane answer to the claim, and sin¬ 
cerely wished that every one hiring public vehicles had so 
much discernment, as it would save much barbarity. The 
summons w as then dismissed. 
ERRATA. 
Page 526, line 20, for “ important,”read “impudent” quackery. 
„ 527, „ 1, for “ veterinary,” read country “ vet.” 
